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Definition of fixture

noun

1a piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building or vehicle:plumbing fixtures
(fixtures) articles attached to a house or land and considered legally part of it so that they normally remain in place when an owner moves:the hotel retains many original fixtures and fittingsCompare with fitting (sense 1 of the noun).
informal a person or thing that is well established in a particular place or situation:the midfielder is set to become a permanent fixture in the England line-up

2British a sporting event arranged to take place on a particular date:the team’s last away fixture of the season

Origin:

late 16th century (in the sense 'fixing, becoming fixed'): alteration (first found in Shakespeare) of obsolete fixure (from late Latin fixura, from Latin figere 'to fix'), with t inserted on the pattern of mixture

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